SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA—Because even us BlackAthlete writers need some time off, I’ll take this time to wish everyone the best of holidays, and to say keep you and yours safe, and be good to one another.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA—Sunday night I escaped by my lonesome to the great Parkway Speakeasy Theater in Oakland and saw a movie called "Brown Sugar". It had a chewy middle that resembled a love story, but on the outside were the layers named Hip-Hop and Now-and-Then.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA—Today is my birthday. It's not like I'll be any more poignant today than I have been on any other past Tuesday, however, when you say birthday, people tend to give you the E.F. Hutton treatment, and give you their undivided attention.

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS –After the abrupt resignation of Sidney Lowe and the hiring of Hubie Brown, the Memphis Grizzlies continued to be in a spiral that seems to be out of control; even if it is a controlled one at times.

Greensboro, NC –Annice Canady made history this football season when she became the first female to officiate a Division I college football game.This Saturday will be her final game of the season, when she takes the field at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida, for the MEAC Championship match-up between Bethune Cookman College and Florida A&M University.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA –Grant Hill sat with knees mummied from ice and bandage wrapping. The small wooden cubicle in the cave that doubles as the visitor’s locker room at STAPLES Center molded around his frame.

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS —The Memphis Grizzlies are 0-8 and in conversations last week with several NBA writers, I had made mention that if the team doesn’t get it’s act together, they are going to cost a good man his job.

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